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“Aware of these formidable challenges, the political leadership has begun to turn toward culture, hoping that a reinvigoration of an integrative national identity can reunify Iraqi society and repair paralyzing ruptures among its constituents.”

Publication: “Culture as a Last Resort: Baghdad’s Quest for National Accord Thwarted Internally,” SWP Comments, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Germany (September 2013).


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